36 FALL 2021 ISSUE 01 / VOL . 03 SNOWGOER . COM
37 feet tall , the trails were neon white and groomed wide and smooth , and the landscape got more rugged and interesting . This was the snowmobiling paradise we sought , and the trails were even better than we remembered .
A Rare Find
The Cable area is a rare find not just because it tends to get and hold snow while surrounding areas are brown , it
also has a unique landscape . The terrain was dug out about 15,000
years ago by advancing , retreating and then re-advancing glaciers that deposited sentiments in some areas and eroded it from others , with a lot of freezethaw cycles mixed in .
What ’ s left is an interesting and rare phenomenon called “ kame and kettle topography .” The low pockets are called kettles , the higher points between the kettles are referred to as kames . The land was further etched by glacier runoff from what now is Lake Superior , creating a natural meander to the hills due to long-dry streams and rivers .